Characters Disappearing (2026)
DEBUT FEATURE BY CONNOR SEN WARNICKThe paths of Mei, Chris and Leonard intersect within a melancholic vision of the Asian American Movement.
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In Connor Sen Warnick's debut feature, the paths of Mei, Chris and Leonard intersect within a melancholic vision of the Asian American Movement. This is a Chinatown rarely seen, where bursts of unexplained violence and spectral figures co-exist with the promise, and fragility, of multi-ethnic solidarities.
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CAAMFest (Narrative Centerpiece)
Asian American International FIlm Festival
New/Next Film Festival
San Diego Asian Film Festival
MINT UK Fest
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2026 / 84 mins / USA
English & Mandarin with English subtitles
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Director: Connor Sen Warnick
Producer: Joseph Eusebio, Connor Sen Warnick, Ruby Rose Krakower, Oliver Agger
Executive Producers: Reina Bonta
Writer: Connor Sen Warnick
Editor: Noah Weisfogel
Cinematographer: Owen Smith-Clark
First Assistant Director: Coren Helene-Gitomer
Art Director: Sammy Kim
Cast: Yuka Murakami, Dylan Breaux, Connor Sen Warnick, Eleanor Yung, Von Hyin Kolk, Giullian Yao Gioiello, Savannah Lyons Jeffreys, Ben Irving, Ashby Bland, Lulu Yao Gioiello, Bob Lee, Nina Kuo, Virgo Lee, Arlan Huang
Sound Recordist: Jackson Martel
Sound Design: Anthony Sertel Dean
Music: Chester Anand, Ray Freedman
Production Design: Bethany Yeap
Costume Designer: Regina Melady
Props Master: Mariana Sanchez Bueno
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Connor Sen Warnick (Director, Writer, Actor)
Connor Sen Warnick (b. 1996) is a Chinese American filmmaker/writer based in Manhattan's Chinatown. A lifelong New Yorker, Connor received his B.A. in both Fine Art and Film Studies from Columbia University in 2018, and was unanimously selected as the Asian American Art Alliance’s 2022 Van Lier Fellow in Visual Art. His previous work has been featured in the New York Times, Filmmaker Magazine, and Far-Near, with presentations at the Guggenheim Museum, Anthology Film Archives, Metrograph and Rain Rain Gallery.
Joseph Eusebio (Producer)
Joseph Eusebio is a Filipino American filmmaker and film programmer. Characters Disappearing is the second feature on which he’s served as lead producer. He’s worked on films both in America and abroad, including as a year-long filmmaking resident at a film studio in Shenzhen, China and as co-director on a feature doc on the collaborators of Éric Rohmer. Recent programming has been for Asia Society, Anthology Film Archives, and the 2026 Asian American International Film Festival. Originally from Seattle, Washington and studied at Wesleyan University.
